Steven Van Zandt’s War on Plastic

Steven Van Zandt was passing through Morgantown, West Virginia last month on tour with his band, the Disciples of Soul, when something went amiss. The singer-guitarist was staying at a Marriott hotel when, much to his dismay, his room service breakfast was delivered to him entirely in disposable plastic containers. “I’ve lived in hotels my whole life, and I’ve never seen that before,” says Van Zandt, 68. “I hope it’s not a new trend.”

Steven Van Zandt & the Disciples of Soul perform at
 the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall Little Steven
and the Disciples of Soul in concert at the Carnegie
of Homestead Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
 USA - 24 Oct 2018.

That morning, Van Zandt took to Twitter. “This is a terrible idea for at least 4 reasons,” he wrote. “Plastic is a worldwide environmental problem; Economically it is idiotic; The negative imaging removes all class and dignity from the hotel chain. The concept, which is to minimize human interaction (!) is mindless and counterproductive at best. And totally unnecessary since the employees I met were wonderful people. This needs an organized protest.”

Read the story from Rolling Stone  magazine by Jonathan Bernstein - “Steven Van Zandt’s War on Plastic.”